Driver of cab taken to hospital with stab wound following crash in Syracuse

Syracuse police examine a taxi cab that crashed at Cannon and West Colvin streets.

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse police are investigating a stabbing this evening that left a taxi cab driver in serious condition at a local hospital.

Police were called to a crash about 5 p.m. at the intersection of West Colvin and Cannon streets. There they found a blue Bellavia Transportation cab facing the wrong way on the one-way Colvin Street. The driver's door was open and the inside was covered in blood.

According to witnesses, the man got out of the van, flagged down another vehicle and asked to be taken to the hospital.

The victim was taken to Upstate University Hospital with multiple stab wounds, Sgt. Tom Connellan said.

Witnesses said the car drove north on Cannon Street at a high rate of speed before hitting the utility pole in front of 238 W. Colvin St.

Police are not releasing the victim's name at this time, Connellan said. Police are investigating the circumstances of the stabbing. They are unsure what exactly transpired before the crash, Connellan said.